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Hartlepool Art Gallery

Hartlepool Art Gallery is an art museum in Hartlepool, United Kingdom.

About Hartlepool Art Gallery

Hartlepool Art Gallery is an art gallery in Hartlepool, County Durham, England.

The gallery opened in 1996. It is in Church Square within Christ Church, a restored Victorian church, built in 1854 and designed by the architect Edward Buckton Lamb (1806–1869). The building has a 100-foot tower with six bells, which can still be rung.

Hartlepool Art Gallery is co-located with a tourist information centre close to Hartlepool railway station and the town centre. The temporary exhibition programme includes crafts, contemporary and fine art, and photography. There is also a permanent collection. The gallery is run by Hartlepool Borough Council.

The collection of Hartlepool Art gallery includes around 1,500 works, including oil paintings, watercolours, prints and sculpture.

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Founded
1996

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Artworks shown from Hartlepool Art Gallery are in the public domain; images via the open-access programs of their source collections. Spotted an error in this record? Tell us.